World Match Racing Tour

UP NEXT - THOMPSON CUP 2026 🇺🇸🏆
For the final event of the US Grand Slam series on the 2026 World Match Racing Tour, we head to Oyster Bay's beautiful Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club for the 2026 Thompson Cup 1-4 Sept 👇

Follow live results at https://wmrt.com/live-results/

2026 Thompson Cup Entries
1. 🇺🇸 Chris Poole, USA
2. 🇳🇿 Josh Hyde, NZL
3. 🇸🇪 Oscar Engstrom, SWE
4. 🇳🇿 Samuel Scott, NZL
5. 🇺🇸 Christian Prendergast, USA
6. 🇦🇺 Tom Picot AUS
7. 🇦🇺 Marcello Torre AUS
8. 🇺🇸 Cormac Murphy, USA
9. 🇺🇸 Freddie Parkin, USA
10. 🇨🇦 Alexander Heinzemann, CAN

Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club Oakcliff Sailing World Sailing

Final day - Oakcliff International, Oyster Bay NY

📸 by Peter Taylor

Oakcliff Sailing World Sailing

CONGRATS Chris Poole and 'Riptide Racing-Neka Team' winners of the 2026 Oakcliff International, Stage 12 of the 2026 WMRT championship season 🇺🇸🏆👏

Pictured left to right - George Holt (Bow), Florian Trub (Pit), Savannah Taylor (Pit), Leo Vasiliev (Main), Chris Poole (Helm)

Final Standings
1. 🇺🇸 Chris Poole
2. 🇳🇿 Josh Hyde
3. 🇦🇺 Marcello Torre
4. 🇺🇸 Peter Holz
5. 🇺🇸 William Stratton
6. 🇦🇺 Tom Picot
7. 🇸🇪 Oscar Engström
8. 🇨🇦 Alexander Heinzemann
9. 🇺🇸 Christian Prendergast
10. 🇳🇿 Sam Scott

Oakcliff Sailing

Images from the 2026 Oakcliff International at Oyster Bay 👇🇺🇸

📸 by Peter Taylor

USA's Chris Poole and William Stratton lead the round robin with 4 wins and 1 loss each - follow live results at https://wmrt.com/live-results/

Oakcliff Sailing

Day 1 results from the Oakcliff International 🇺🇸🏆👇

Follow live results at https://wmrt.com/live-results/

Oakcliff Sailing

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WISHING GOOD LUCK to the 10 teams competing in this weekend's 2026 Oakcliff International, Stage 12 of the 2026 World Match Racing Tour. The Oakcliff International is raced in Oyster Bay, NY hosted by the well known Oakcliff Sailing centre and raced in the match fleet of Match 40's owned by Oakcliff Sailing 🇺🇸

The winner of this years Oakcliff International will also receive an invitation to the 2026 Bermuda Gold Cup, the penultimate stage of the WMRT championship season before heading to the WMRT Final in AMAALA, Saudi Arabia in November.

2026 Oakcliff International Entries 👇

1. 🇺🇸 Chris Poole/ Riptide Racing USACP77
2. 🇳🇿 Josh Hyde NZLJH25
3. 🇸🇪 Oscar Engström/ Team LIROS SWESS16
4. 🇳🇿 Samuel Scott NZLSS16
5. 🇺🇸 William Stratton USAWS135
6. 🇺🇸 Christian Prendergast USACP125
7. 🇺🇸 Peter Holz USAPH81
8. 🇦🇺 Tom Picot AUSTP29
9. 🇦🇺 Marcello Torre AUSMT33
10. 🇨🇦 Alexander Heinzemann CANAH10

Follow live results at https://wmrt.com/live-results/


Oakcliff Sailing Royal Bermuda Yacht Club BDA Gold Cup Amaala Yacht Club World Sailing

👀 Spotted in Bermuda 🇧🇲 a fleet of shiny new Far East 28's ready for this years Bermuda Gold Cup 14-18 October 👏🏆..
Bermuda Tourism
Royal Bermuda Yacht Club BDA Gold Cup Fareast Yachts

CONGRATS Tom Picot and crew Damien Fleury and Frank Lavenant, winners of the 2026 Detroit Cup, Stage 11 of the 2026 World Match Racing Tour! 👏🏆

Final Standings:
1. AUS Tom Picot, Damien Fleury, Frank Lavenan
2. USA Christian Prendergast, Chris Steele, Teddy Graham
3. USA Harrison Strom, Peter Joslin, Matei Meglic
4. NZL Josh Hyde, Zach Fong, Nick Drummond, Jacob Posner
5. AUS Marcello Torre, Xavier Bates, Vassilis Katsaitis
6. USA Ryan Seago, Pete Petersen, Blake Stackpoole
7. SWE Theo Westerlind, Sam Rosenbaum, John McCarthy
8. GBR James Pinder, David Larson, Sonia Lingos-Utley, Lauren Holderman
9. USA Noah Robitshek, Calvin Lamosse, Jack Farrell

Hosted by the Bayview Yacht Club 👏

Bayview Yacht Club World Sailing

𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦
BERMUDA GOLD CUP UNVEILS EXPANDED 12-SKIPPER FIELD AND NEW FAREAST 28R FLEET

HAMILTON, Bermuda (24 August 2026) — The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club has closed invitations for the 2026 Bermuda Gold Cup and confirmed the field striving to win the King Edward VII Gold Cup, the oldest match racing trophy for one-design keelboats in the world. The regatta runs October 13-18 and will be the penultimate stage of the 2026 World Match Racing Tour before the Tour final in Saudi Arabia in November.

Click link in the comments for the whole story 👇

Confirmed field for the 2026 Bermuda Gold Cup

1. 🇸🇪 Johnie Berntsson (SWE) — defending champion, World Sailing (WS) Open Ranking No. 3 Berntsson Sailing Team
2. 🇺🇸 Chris Poole (USA) — WS Open Ranking No. 1 Riptide Racing
3. 🇨🇭 Eric Monnin (SUI) — WS Open Ranking No. 4
4. 🇬🇧 Christian Hamilton (GBR) — WS Open Ranking No. 5
5. 🇸🇪 Oscar Engström (SWE) — WS Open Ranking No. 6 Team LIROS
6. 🇫🇷 Aurélien Pierroz (FRA) — WS Open Ranking No. 9 MatchAgain by Normandy Elite Team
7. 🇩🇰 Jeppe Borch (DEN) — WS Open Ranking No. 13 Team Borch Matchrace
8. 🇸🇪 Anna Östling (SWE) — WS Open Ranking No. 70 / WS Women’s Ranking No. 2 WINGS - SWE
9. 🇫🇷 Pauline Courtois (FRA) — WS Open Ranking No. 19 / WS Women’s Ranking No. 1 Match in Pink by Normandy Elite Team
10. 🇸🇪 Martina Carlsson (SWE) — WS Open Ranking No. 53 / WS Women’s Ranking No. 5 Beyond Racing Team
11. 🇺🇸 Allie Blecher (USA) — WS Open Ranking No. 344 / WS Women’s Ranking No. 9
12. TBC Winner of Oakcliff International 2026 Oakcliff Sailing

Royal Bermuda Yacht Club